Mike for Scarlet??

[George D.]

What would be a good, moderate price, shotgun microphone for a Scarlet? Does the camera come with the brackets for one, or are those separate, and what would be a good one?
Thanks.

 

[Stephen Gentle]

RODE NTG-2 would probably be a pretty good bet. We're not sure about mounting options as of yet, but we know that the camera won't come with one. You'll have to either buy a thrid party one or perhaps RED will make a mount as an optional accessory...

Also, unless you have one of the IO modules you'll need a balanced XLR to 3.5mm jack converter cable to plug it into the brain.

 

[George D.]

How about this one:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...6_K6_Super_Cardioid_Short.html#specifications

I've always preferred Sennheiser.

 

[Pietro Impagliazzo]

I don't like the boxy sound of the NTGs (excluding the NTG-3 which should be awesome, looking for a good review of this).

I own a AT897, good sound characteristics, very low output, needs good pre-amps, not very directional.

My friend owns an AT8035, better and hotter than the AT897, more directional too.

I'm personally not very fond of the ME66, however this is a hot mic that can bypass low quality pre-amps.

 

[Andrew Rieger]

I swear by my rode ntg 2. To my ears, it sounds as good as mics costing two to three times as much.

 

[Pietro Impagliazzo]

I swear by my rode ntg 2. To my ears, it sounds as good as mics costing two to three times as much.

So you should give hollywood producers a phone call and tell them they're wasting money hiring sound guys with those smug schoeps mics.

 

[Cedric Akins]

There is no one mic for any particular camera. It all depends on what and where you are recording. That is why there are so many microphones on the market. There are omnidirectional, cardioid, hypercardioid, supercardioid, unidirectional, bi-directional, shotgun microphones, boundary mics or pzm, as well as lavalier mics with many of the smae type pick up patterns.

If you are recording indoors it is better to use a hypercardioid. If you are recording outdoors shotguns are very useful. Lavs with a more directional pickup pattern are usually good for noisey conditions. Now if you are recording large crowd you may want to use a mic with a wider pickup pattern. Use the right tool for job.

 

[Andrew Rieger]

Well those Schoeps mics are in a different category. I honestly like the sound of my Rode more than the Sennheiser mics I have used and a lot of pros agree that the rode ntg 2 is the best bang for the buck you can get in the pro shotgun mic department. If you are obsessed with quality than go crazy with a Schoeps, prepare to pay though.

 

[Milan Spasic]

Who is this Mike and why do you want to attach him to your camera?

 

[George D.]

It looks like the Rode NTG2 might be the one best suitable to my needs.

We shoot mostly outdoors in wilderness areas, and the mic would be mostly used for ambient sounds, animal calls, and an occasional speaking human. We don't have the budget for 3 or 4 different types of mics to cover different situations.

Sorry I misspelled mic. Sometimes my fingers jump to their own conclusions.

 

[Sterling Wescott]

Who is this Mike and why do you want to attach him to your camera?

:smilielol5: Thanks for that!